Spring 1988

The struggle to juggle work and life: a Lilith survey. Motherhood and the “new” infertility. A Roaring 20s Yiddish lesbian play. Sarah vs. Hagar in the Bible.

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Seeds of Conflict: Sarah and Hagar

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The Biblical women who created the historical rivalries of two religious traditions.

Getting Babies

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A male perspective on infertility from Rabbi Michael Gold.

Getting Babies

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Penina and Steve Adeleman in conversation about the choices they made.

Making Babies

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Sara Nelson reports on a Jewish social worker who decided to bear a child for an infertile couple. "Very Jewish," claims the birth mother.

Wanting Babies

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Shirley Frank examines what has changed in women’s lives since she wrote about "The Population Panic" in LILITH ten years ago.

Making Music for Women Only

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Orthodox women who believe that a man is forbidden to hear a woman sing say "No Men Allowed" at their increasingly popular performances.

Yiddish Lesbian Play Rocks Broadway

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The Roaring 20’s lesbian play that rocked Broadway came from the pen of Yiddish writer Sholom Asch.

Jewish Career Women: Six Profiles

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In search of the women behind the statistics, we spoke with six Jewish career women. They range from ultra-Orthodox to culturally Jewish, from entrepreneurs to professionals in the stock market and... Read more »

Struggling? Juggling? Trying to Integrate our Multiple Roles

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What the Jewish career woman has to contend with, and how the community (to say nothing of her significant others) can make it better. A report on the recent Lilith /American Jewish Committee survey by Dr. Rela Geffen Monson, plus six close-ups of working women.

Lines Of Communication

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THE ELUSIVE WOMAN EDUCATOR To the Editor: I was very surprised to see that Dr. Elliot Spack, executive director of the Coalition on Alternatives in Jewish Education (CAJE), feels that... Read more »

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